Nicola Bulley 's partner has agreed to participate in a new documentary about her disappearance, aiming to address the 'entitled' social media detectives who subjected him to 'really difficult level of scrutiny', according to the director. Paul Ansell, Ms Bulley's partner for 12 years and father of their two children, faced a storm of baseless online conspiracies as internet sleuths became obsessively involved in the search for the mother-of-two. It got so bad that even friends of the couple had to plead with online trolls to stop posting 'disgusting allegations' and 'vile theories'.
Rachel Lob-levyt, the director of the BBC documentary titled The Search For Nicola Bulley , admitted it was 'nerve-racking' to thrust the Lancashire mother's partner back into the public eye, but she believed it was 'the right thing to do'. The documentary, which airs on October 3, was an important project for the director, who wanted to showcase the realities of what it was like for Nicola's loved ones. Opening up about the premise of the documentary, Rachel said: "We had a viewing with the family.
It was difficult - obviously emotional for them. They feel the documentary really honours their experience, and honours Nikki. At the time she went missing, Paul was subject to a really difficult level of scrutiny.
"The idea of putting himself back in the public eye is nerve-racking but ultimately, he thought it the right thing to do. The social media sleuths felt entitled to say whatever they wanted..